South Texas College Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At South Texas College, 3 on-campus, and 1 public property were reported. The following table summarizes campus safety/security matters by location and types for the calendar year 2023.

The criminal and safety related action rate per 1,000 students is 0.15. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 0.11. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.07 at South Texas.

The following table summarizes security and safety issues on South Texas main campus. In addition to the main campus, 6 safety matters are reported at 3 South Texas branches.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	2	1	-	1	-	-	0.07
Disciplinary Actions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
VAWA³	2	2	-	-	-	-	0.07
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4	3	-	1	-	-	0.15
Rate Per 1000 Students	0.15	0.11	-	0.04	-	-	-

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

² Reported by local police.

³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

Campus Safety Matters By Year at South Texas

The following table shows the number of incidents related to campus safety for last three years. The numbers only includes on-campus issues for South Texas main campus.

South Texas Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2022	9 6	1 -2	3 3	0 -	5 5	0 -	0 -
2023	4 -5	0 -1	2 -1	0 -	2 -3	0 -	0 -

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At South Texas College, 2 criminal offenses are reported including rape, fondling, incest, statutory rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

The crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.07 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.04 at South Texas.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	2	1	-	1	-	0.07
Fondling	1	1	-	-	-	0.04
Rate per 1000 Stuents	0.07	0.04	-	0.04	-	-

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Violence Against Women Act(VAWA) Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At South Texas College, 2 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	2	2	-	-	-
Domestic Violence	-	0	-	0	-
Dating Violence	1	1	-	0	-
Stalking	1	1	-	0	-

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Safety Matters at 3 South Texas Branches

There are 6 more safety issues at South Texas campuses. The following table summarizes the number of incidents by campus location. It includes only on-campus incidents, excluding non-campus and public properties.